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Paul Jackson Pollock (/ ˈ p ɒ l ə k /; January 28, 1912 – August 11, 1956) was an American painter.A major figure in the abstract expressionist movement, Pollock was widely noticed for his "drip technique" of pouring or splashing liquid household paint onto a horizontal surface, enabling him to view and paint his canvases from all angles.
One: Number 31, 1950 is a painting by American painter Jackson Pollock, from 1950. It is one of the largest and most prominent examples of the artist's Abstract Expressionist drip-style works. [1] The work was owned by a private collector until 1968 when it was purchased by the Museum of Modern Art, in New York, where it has been displayed ...
Pollock's studio-floor in Springs, New York, the visual result of being his primary painting surface from 1946 until 1953 Drip painting found particular expression in the work of the mid-twentieth-century artists Janet Sobel —who pioneered the technique [ 4 ] —and Jackson Pollock . [ 2 ]
Autumn Rhythm (Number 30) is a 1950 abstract expressionist painting by American artist Jackson Pollock in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. [1] The work is a distinguished example of Pollock's 1947-52 poured-painting style, and is often considered one of his most notable works. [1] [2]
The song has seen use in the 1997 American film Heaven or Vegas, and in the PSP 2005 videogame World Tour Soccer. The B-side of "Made of Stone", "Going Down", references Jackson Pollock's No. 5, 1948. Pollock's paintings influenced the cover art that guitarist John Squire made for the single and the album.
Sobel's painting Milky Way (owned by the MoMa) was created in 1945, two years before Jackson Pollock began experimenting with drip painting. The art critic Clement Greenberg mentioned that Jackson Pollock had noticed Janet Sobel's painting in the 1940s. [16] [17] Pollock "'admitted that these pictures had made an impression on him'".
The painting was modified by Pollock after it was originally created. During January 1949, it was being shown in a solo Pollock show at the Betty Parsons gallery. It was from here that Alfonso A. Ossorio decided to purchase a "paint drip" composition; he chose No. 5, 1948 and paid $1,500. It was the only canvas sold from the show. [4]
Mural is a largely abstract work with the suggestion of several human figures walking, or possibly birds, or letters and numbers, in broad swirls of black and white. It combines influences from artists such as Thomas Hart Benton, Albert Pinkham Ryder and El Greco, and Mexican mural artists such as David Alfaro Siqueiros.